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Elections & voting fact checks
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Billionaires “rigged” the California Senate primary election through “dishonest means.”
Publisher’s rating: False
“AUTHENTIC PHOTO OF THE 1924 NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.”
Publisher’s rating: False
A Detroit TV station aired the election results a week early.
Publisher’s rating: Half True
Chris Christie told Donald Trump to interrupt Joe Biden during the debate because “people who overcome stuttering have a harder time maintaining their train of thought when interrupted. Keep interrupting him and he’ll stumble when he tries to speak. This will enforce the ‘senile’ narrative.”
Publisher’s rating: False
"Forensics report" determined that the "Dominion Software Was Intentionally Designed To Influence Election Results."
Publisher’s rating: False
Says in his three election campaigns, the early polls were "wildly incorrect, all three times."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick “wants to outlaw abortions.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
North Carolina’s new voting rules in response to Hurricane Helene amount to “cheating” or “stealing.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
Claims that the Georgia elections were rigged are “all easily, provably, false. Yet the president persists, and by doing so undermines Georgians’ faith in the election system.”
Publisher’s rating: Sterling presented multiple pieces of evidence to refute President Donald Trump’s claims
“Rogue” Michigan official sent absentee ballots to 7.7 million people “illegally and without authorization” ahead of the primaries and general election.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
"Abolishing the Electoral College would make Los Angeles County stronger than 43 states."
Publisher’s rating: False
The 2020 election is in “recount territory” and “I’ve seen elections change as a result of” recounts.
Publisher’s rating: Half True
Photo shows the BOK Center full with people during Donald Trump’s Tulsa rally.
Publisher’s rating: False
Says Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger “to investigate himself over voter fraud.”
Publisher’s rating: False
A video of a Dominion Voting Systems worker in Georgia shows him "manipulate the data" during a recount.
Publisher’s rating: False
Says Pete Buttigieg ran statewide in Indiana and "lost by 20 points."
Publisher’s rating: True
President Donald Trump “worked with the Russians to try to rig the 2016 election.”
Publisher’s rating: Spins the Facts
A TV ad from Democrat Raphael Warnock falsely says Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler "supports raising taxes on Georgia's middle class."
Publisher’s rating: False